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Schools are not inherently dangerous places in terms of life safety and fire. Indeed there has not been a single fatality recorded in a school fire during school hours, as far as can be established, in the whole history of fire record-keeping in Dhaka. Schools are encouraged to adopt a fire safe approach to the management of their school and to develop emergency management plans to cover the event of fire or other emergency. Investigating the consideration for fire safety in the design phase of public and private school facilities in Dhaka indicated that the designer as well as the users should identify the need of providing the fire safety requirements: fire detection and notification systems; fire suppression and extinguishing systems and means of egress and evacuation systems. Such Technology has revolutionized the design of schools. The objective of this paper is to present a study for the consideration of fire safety during the design stages of school facilities in Dhaka; and to present the need and development of a standards and guidelines relating to fire safety whereby existing school facilities can be evaluated for the purpose of identifying and eliminating fire hazards, and meeting the minimum requirements of current situation.
AN INVESTIGATION ON FIRE PROTECTION AND PREVENTION OF DESIGNED AIR-CONDITIONED SCHOOLS IN DHAKA
""a single fatality recorded in a school fire during school hours, as far as can be established, in the whole history of fire record-keeping in Dhaka. Schools are encouraged to adopt a fire safe approach to the management of their school and to develop emergency management plans to cover the event of fire or other emergency. Investigating the consideration for fire safety in the design phase of public and private school facilities in Dhaka indicated that the designer as well as the users should identify the need of providing the fire safety requirements: fire detection and notification systems; fire suppression and extinguishing systems and means of egress and evacuation systems. Such Technology has revolutionized the design of schools. The objective of this paper is to present a study for the consideration of fire safety during the design stages of school facilities in Dhaka; and to present the need and development of a standards and guidelines relating to fire safety whereby existing school facilities can be evaluated for the purpose of identifying and eliminating fire hazards, and meeting the minimum requirements of current situation. Keywords: Designed air-conditioned schools; fire hazards; safety measures; awareness of users""
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